Girls' Lacrosse Posts Win Versus Midland

Dunn student journalist Maddy Carroll reports that the Girls' Lacrosse Team beat Midland by the score of 16-6 on Saturday.  Next game is on Wednesday, March 23 at Laguna Blanca.

Boys' Varsity Tennis Continues Winning Ways

For more information about the Dunn Boys' Varsity Team, click on to http://www.dunnearwig.org/dunn/dxi320/2011-Boys'-Tennis-Team

Dunn Boys' Varsity Tennis had a great victory today against Frontier League's defending conference champion Villanova Prep. Dunn beat Villanova 13-5 behind the play of the doubles team of Ryan Yau/Jack Lee. They swept all three of their sets (6-1,6-0,6-0). Dunn had faced Villanova last year in the first round of the CIF Division IV Championship and Dunn won a close match 10-8. The Dunn boys have shown continual improvement and focus in hopes of reaching the playoffs again this year. Dunn is currently 5-0 and will host Cate School on Wednesday March 23. Cate finished 1st in the Condor League last year whereas Dunn finished 2nd.


Overall Record 5-0, League Record 1-0

Dunn School 13

Villanova Prep 5

Individual Scores:

Dunn 1st singles: Allen Lee 2-1

Dunn 2nd singles: Brandon Yau 2-1

Dunn 3rd singles: Kyle Nelson 2-1

Dunn 1st doubles: WooJin Choi/Jacob Bronfman 2-0

Dunn 1st doubles (substitute): Sean Lin/Jacky Wu 0-1

Dunn 2nd doubles: Ryan Yau/Jack Lee 3-0

Dunn 3rd doubles: Joseph Cho/ Ohm Sirimongkolkasem 2-1

Class Visits Martin Luther King Jr. Institute

Last week, Ms. Cook’s Social Movements in American History class traveled to Stanford University to visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute. The purpose of the visit was to allow students to conduct research in the King archives, a collection of thousands of speeches, sermons, letters, and other historic documents by and about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement. After touring the King Institute with Associate Director, Tenisha Armstrong, the students were given an orientation by King Institute research assistants on using the King records database. Aidan Terry, who is researching the influence of celebrities on the civil rights movements, found a letter by Nat King Cole to King, in which Cole offers to hold a benefit concert to help raise money for the movement. Jake Ragen, who is examining the influence of the Cold War on the civil rights movement, found a collection of FBI memos by J. Edgar Hoover expressing concern about the communist presence in the NAACP. (Jake joked that all the most important passages in the memos had been blacked out.) Alex Zheng was excited to find a letter from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Jackie Robinson, in which King told Robinson, ‘‘You have made every Negro in America proud through your baseball prowess and your inflexible demand for equal opportunity for all.’’


Following the research session, the class had lunch at Stanford’s Tressider Student Union and then returned for a lecture and discussion with King Institute Director and Professor of History, Clayborne Carson. Dr. Carson talked with the students about King’s influence on social movements around the world and then answered questions about their specific research topics. Janaya Reid, who is interested in the influence of Malcolm X on the residents of Harlem in the 1960s, said Carson’s feedback on her research was very helpful. She and Hayley Harrison - who is comparing the American civil rights movement to the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa – both expressed appreciation for Dr. Carson’s willingness to discuss their research topics with them and make recommendations for additional sources. Professor Carson was impressed with the students’ research interests, stating, “These sound like graduate student topics.”

Ms. Cook’s students will continue their research over the next few weeks in preparation for writing a final research paper that will serve as the capstone for the course.
 
Click on the link below to watch a video about the visit:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qstOzbI0FOM

Girls' Basketball Suffers Loss

By Hayley Harrison

Dunn Student Journalist

The Girls’ Basketball team travelled to Thacher on Saturday, but unfortunately suffered a 53-10 defeat, their worst loss of the season. Needless to say, all of the team members were frustrated with their performance. Senior captain, Nikole Layton, didn’t have much to say on the subject; however, when pressed, she pointed to freshman Alex Jones as the player who had the best game. With eight points, Alex made the most baskets for the Earwigs and is a player to look forward to in the coming years. The girls’ next game is away on Wednesday, Feb. 2^nd against Laguna Blanca.

Coaches Haig and Haig Waste No Time in Girls’ Soccer

By Robby Bracker
Dunn student journalist

Dunn’s Girls’ Soccer team began the season with new names on the roster, but their strong play so far reminds observers of successful teams of the past. So far the girls have a record of 3-3. The beginning of the season started with a lot of conditioning drills. Coaches Barbara Haig and Willy Haig are having the girls run drill after drill. The coaches are as physically active as the girls and can often be seen running while calling out “run for your life” or “if you want to do it in a game you have to do it on this field”!

The girls’ soccer team won their first two games of the year against Orcutt. The team won their second game against Orcutt on January 10th winning by a score of 4-1. Janaya Reid, a key player, scored a goal and commented that the team felt confident throughout the game, and especially in the first quarter where they were winning by a score of 2-0. Areli Diosdado, a Junior, compared this year’s team to last year’s when she commented, “we don’t have as many players, but we’re more experienced.” The coaches are not one bit intimated by the number of fewer players; Coach Willy Haig said most of the girls are “keen and experienced when the key to soccer is experience”.

Coach Barbara Haig said “We have a smaller pool of players this season. This, of course, makes games tough since we have fewer substitutes that can be used in high-pressure Condor League competitions or when injuries happen. The more experienced players on the team are showing great leadership and are working tremendously hard in training as well as in games to try to compensate for the team's short-comings. At this point in the season, our record is about the same as this time last year: 3 and 3 with no ties”.

Last season the team was also extremely successful where they ended up qualifying for California Interscholastic Federation. The team decided not to go since they only had about 13 players. The most memorable game last year was against Thatcher, with Dunn defeating them for the first time in 10 years. Other achievements included the winning of the Munger Cup against Midland.

This year however they were defeated by Thatcher, but remain an enthusiastic group of people who seem to constantly be cheering and pushing themselves for a successful season. Junior Maddie Sexton, a sweeper on the team said she is “looking forward to the rest of the season”. Georgia Arnautou, a Freshman, said “I am confident that my skills will improve over the year”. While still early in the season, Coach Willy Haig says “it looks good like a team with experienced players, who show promise in the future!” Their next game is away this Saturday against San Luis Obispo.